At deadline, Burroughs, a history teacher at Montclair High School, had sampled the coffee at 20 of the 67 shops spotlighted in our April issue. His goal? Try them all. Burroughs—who posts on Facebook about his journeys—came up with the idea when he noticed our issue in a checkout line.

Burroughs, 54, is “a dark-roast person. I drink it black.” He says it’s hard to pick a favorite from among the coffeehouses he’s visited to date. He really enjoyed the pour-over at Casciano and thought the food at No Joe’s Cafe in Red Bank was especially notable.

And so the quest continues. At a rate of about two per week, Burroughs figures it will take the rest of the year to visit all the cafés on the New Jersey Monthly list. “That’s my intention,” says Burroughs. “It’s silly, but it’s fun.”